Modern Marquetry: Decorating with Wood
How to Varnish Your Finished Work
A course by Chelsea Vivash , Artist and Designer
About the video: How to Varnish Your Finished Work
Overview
“By now, you have finished and sanded your marquetry piece. It's important to apply a wax or varnish to make the most of the wood grains and to protect your work. In this lesson, I will show you the technique that I use and give you some alternatives to try too. ”
In this video lesson Chelsea Vivash addresses the topic: How to Varnish Your Finished Work, which is part of the Domestika online course: Modern Marquetry: Decorating with Wood. Create contemporary designs using traditional, handmade woodworking techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“How to Varnish Your Finished Work We have the finished frame. In this lesson, I'll show you how to apply varnish to help bring out the wood grain and to help perfect the final piece. You might be happy with the way your frame looks, so you can leave it like that, although I would advise adding some finish because it helps protect the surface. I'm going to be using an Osmo Uviwax. It's a type of wax and it has a UV filter in it so that the colour of the grain doesn't change over time. Wood grain is prone to discolouring and this will help to counteract that. I've stirred the wax thoroughly. ...”
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Course summary for: Modern Marquetry: Decorating with Wood
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Category
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Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, DIY, Interior Design, Woodworking
Chelsea Vivash
A course by Chelsea Vivash
Chelsea Vivash is an artist and designer from Worcestershire, England. Growing up, she always wanted to be an artist and spent most of her free time making things before going on to study Fine Art at Edinburgh College. Alongside painting, she spent time in scrapyards, collecting and transforming things into art. She continued her studies in furniture design, metal, and woodworking in Amsterdam and London. Then, after graduating, Chelsea began working in her studio in East London, where she puts the skills she’s learned into practice.
She specializes in creating original, contemporary pieces of art, furniture, and small products using the woodworking technique of marquetry. Her work has been featured in publications such as Elle Decoration, OEN, Country Living, This Girl Makes, and Fudge. She has also exhibited her work in different exhibitions throughout London.
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